Crime

A Baltimore judge on Thursday denied bail for Keith Smith, the man who police say killed his wife and blamed it on a panhandler. Keith Smith, 52, and his daughter, Valeria Smith, 28, are charged with murdering Jacquelyn Smith, 54, who was stabbed to death in December in Baltimore. After fleeing...

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Baltimore County police said Monday that they have arrested a man who dressed up in a unicorn costume to rob a Baldwin convenience store last week. An alleged accomplice was arrested, too. Jacob William Rogge, 28, of Upper Falls and Joseph Philip Svezzese, 27, of Bel Air were charged in the armed...

A Baltimore woman shot at a Cherry Hill playground last week has been released from the hospital and her 11-year-old son, who was also injured in the incident, is listed in stable condition, Baltimore police said Tuesday. The alleged shooter Nichole George, 31, of the 900 block of Seagull Ave.,...

The Maryland House of Delegates gave final approval Monday to bills that would ban 3D printed guns and require background checks for all sales of long guns, such as shotguns and rifles. The bills are among the priorities of gun-control advocates, but just as strongly opposed by gun-rights supporters....

Bright crimson billboards, emblazoned with the face of Jody LeCornu and the plea “Find my killer,” are hard to miss for drivers traveling along several highways in the greater Baltimore region. Here’s the story behind the striking advertisements: Who was Jody LeCornu? In 1996, Annapolis native...

A Baltimore man who sold illegal guns through Instagram pleaded guilty to federal charges Friday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced Monday. Prosecutors say Terrel Edward Elliott Jr., 24, used the photo-sharing platform to post pictures of himself with guns and to...

The Maryland House of Delegates on Monday approved a bill removing the statute of limitations for filing lawsuits arising from child sexual abuse. The House passed the bill by a bipartisan vote of 136-2 without debate, sending it to the state Senate for consideration. The bill would allow victims...

Baltimore County police are investigating a Dundalk man’s death as a homicide after he was found dead in his apartment. Martino Robert Duffin, 32, of the 100 block of Kinship Road was found at home with trauma to his upper body by police officers. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Duffin’s family...

A 27-year-old man was found shot dead Monday inside a West Baltimore home — on the same block where an 18-year-old woman was killed in a triple shooting last week, city police said. The shooting occurred in the 800 block of Appleton St., where a week earlier 18-year-old Taylor Davis was killed...

After a Baltimore woman allegedly opened fire on a mother and son at a Cherry Hill playground Thursday, police on the scene say they heard her utter that she could not believe what she had done. Nichole George, 31, of the 900 block of Seagull Ave., is charged with several counts of attempted first-degree...

An off-duty Maryland State Police trooper who worked with the department’s automotive safety enforcement division was arrested Monday after a road rage incident on St. Patrick’s Day, Baltimore County police said. Police say that Zachary Tyler Bowen, 28, of Reisterstown pointed his handgun at a...

A couple found dead in a home in Edgemere on Saturday night died in a murder-suicide, Baltimore County Police said Monday. Ami Lynn Garrison, 40, was killed by Daniel Allen Doran, 41, in their home in the 3000 block of Willow Ave., and Doran then turned the gun on himself, police said following...

Lawyers for a fired city prosecutor say Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby once made a “throat-slitting gesture” toward a supporter of her political rival. Testimony about the gesture will be presented as evidence that Mosby was out to get her rival’s supporters — including firing prosecutor...

Federal prosecutors want a year in prison for former Baltimore Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa for engaging in “serial tax fraud for almost a decade” that was encouraged by other officers. In a sentencing memorandum filed Friday, the prosecutors — who are also handling the Gun Trace Task Force...

A 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged in the death of a 2-year-old boy in January, according to the Baltimore Police Department. Jeremiah Amos, of Southwest Baltimore’s Lakeland neighborhood, was arrested March 8 for the killing of Trevor Graham, according to police. At about 9:43 p.m....

Police are investigating a suspicious death after officers found a body in Glen Burnie Monday morning when firefighters extinguished a recreational vehicle on fire. Anne Arundel police spokeswoman Sgt. Jacklyn Davis said firefighters were called to the area of Ritchie Highway and Sycamore Drive...

Baltimore County Police have identified two people found dead Sunday morning as couple Ami Lynn Garrison, 40 and Daniel Allen Doran, 41. Police said both were found with apparent gunshot wounds at the house where they lived in the 3000 block of Willow Ave. in Edgemere. Police would not elaborate...

Baltimore County Police have identified two people found dead Sunday morning as couple Ami Lynn Garrison, 40, and Daniel Allen Doran, 41. Police said both were found with apparent gunshot wounds at the house where they lived in the 3000 block of Willow Ave. in Edgemere. Police would not elaborate...

A man was fatally shot Sunday afternoon in West Baltimore, city police said. Officers responded to the 300 block of Mount St. at 12:45 p.m. for a report of a shooting. There they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. The victim was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead....

Police found one man fatally shot in Northeast Baltimore Saturday afternoon. Around the same time, they said, another man checked himself into a hospital downtown with gunshot wounds. The wounded man, 34, had been shot in his hand and leg. Police believe he was shot in the 1600 block of McKean...

The Maryland House of Delegates gave preliminary approval Saturday to a sweeping bill that would remove restrictions on when victims of child sexual abuse can file lawsuits. Maryland’s lawmakers previously extended the deadlines to file lawsuits from child sexual abuse up to age 38, but this bill...